On my way to getting my dream aquarium...

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Originally Posted by keeperofthezoo
No, my hood holds the tube shaped regular light bulbs. Not the long skinny things. It's made ( the florescent ...

No, my hood holds the tube shaped regular light bulbs. Not the long skinny things. It's made ( the florescent bulb) in a tube shape light bulb. Sorry, sometime what I write doesn't come across right. Just wanted to pass it on to you. No biggie,

Yup!!! These are the exact ones that I have in my 5g and my 10g (2 in the 10g) They're twirly, but have a kind of bulby thing on the outside *shrugs* I just got 'em cuz' I needed them to be the right size to fit in the plastic space around the bulb, and the normal sized lights were too fat. The right sized ones had screwy things that were tiny, though - these came with screwy thing adapters. *nods* so they can have FAT screwy things and STILL fit into the casing around the light in the tanks. . .

Niiiiice! Thanks for the heads up. My LFS sells Zoo Med bulbs too. I am shocked they didn't sell me this when I asked if I could grow plants in the Betta tank. Not like them to miss out on a potential sale.

I'll totally get one of those and add some plants in with Mary Poppins (that's my son's male Betta)

[quote=keeperofthezoo;1326369]What I put in was this - Zoo Med Ultra Sun Daylight Compact Fluorescent Bulb
*nods* Those are good, too! I went the cheap route! It was 3 bulbs for around $7 I'm poor - but those tanks are filled with greeeeeeen!

Yup!!! These are the exact ones that I have in my 5g and my 10g (2 in the 10g) They're twirly, but have a kind of bulby thing on the outside *shrugs* I just got 'em cuz' I needed them to be the right size to fit in the plastic space around the bulb, and the normal sized lights were too fat. The right sized ones had screwy things that were tiny, though - these came with screwy thing adapters. *nods* so they can have FAT screwy things and STILL fit into the casing around the light in the tanks. . .